Update: Man Turns Self In, Faces Charges Related to Reported Cab Driver Assault

Update - May 2: Ed Dahlberg of Clifton turned himself in to Fairfax County Police around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, and was served with a misdemeanor assault charge related to a reported assault of a cab driver from Great Falls, according to Fairfax County Police.

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Original post, 7:34 a.m. May 2

An arrest warrant remains on file for Ed Dahlberg, a Clifton resident charged with assaulting a taxi driver from Great Falls and fleeing the scene on foot in the early morning of Friday, April 26, according to police. 

The 39-year-old taxi driver from Great Falls, Mohamed Salim, is Muslim, and he claims that Dahlberg compared him to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects and repeatedly punched him, resulting in a fractured jaw, a head injury and hearing loss.

Dahlberg denies the claims. 

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Salim, a U.S. Army veteran, picked up Dahlberg at the Country Club of Fairfax on the early morning of Friday, April 26. The cab driver took 11 minutes of video of Dahlberg drunkenly arguing over Muslim extremism and provided the video to the Washington Post. 

Dahlberg then knocked the phone away as Salim tried to call the police. Dahlberg then fled the scene on foot, according to the video.

That may be the end of the video, but not the story.

"After the recording Dahlberg got out of the car, and (Salim) said, 'I'm going to call 911,' and he (Dahlberg) gets back into the car, called the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings his cousins and punched him a couple more times before running into the woods," said Salim's attorney Gadeir Abbas of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Salim refused treatment at the scene, and drove himself to INOVA Fair Oaks Emergency Department, according to reports.

The hospital report shows that Salim had a fractured jaw and a head injury. No specifics were available on the extent of the head injury. Salim, who also complained of pain in his right ear, was then prescribed pain killers, which warn that he not drive or operate heavy machinery. 

Abbas is reportedly working for the Commonwealth's Attorney to get Dahlberg's potential sentencing over the alleged assault increased by classifying it as a hate crime. 

"At this point what Mohamed is focused on is seeking justice in this case through the criminal justice process, and here a local prosecutor can send a message that active acts of violence against muslims are out of place in Virginia," said Abbas, adding that Salim is weighing options on whether to file a civil suit against Dahlberg.